Tag Archives: payments

Learn #banking, #fintech and #payments jargon: Lombard Loan in RTGS

By | May 12, 2025

What is a Lombard Loan? The name ‘Lombard’ comes from a region in northern Italy. The Italian banking houses in the Lombardy Region had a rich history dating back to the Middle Ages. They are famous for first developing and popularizing the concept loaning money backed up by liquid assets. In RTGS context a Lombard… Read More »

Filter #XML Documents using #XPATH2 Transforms for signature digests #banking #fintech

By | May 12, 2025

While working with XML Documents and trying to implement the XMLSignature I hit the issue of filtering what to sign from an XML. The basic documentation of the from XML signature standard XML Signature Syntax and Processing Version 1.1 describes several methods that can be used to transform an XML to prepare it for signing.… Read More »

Learn #banking, #fintech and #payments jargon: Money

By | August 11, 2021

Money Definition: Money is any object that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given context. Details: The main functions of money are distinguished as: a medium of exchange; a unit of account; a store of value; and, occasionally, a standard of deferred payment. Money evolved over… Read More »

#fintech #EBAday2021 #CBDC Do we really need Central Bank Currencies ?

By | May 12, 2025

At EBA Day 2021, biggest and most important European Banking Conference, the new buzz word from banking CBDC could not be missed. Lately there is lots of talk and also lots of state propaganda about this subject CBDC = Central Bank Digital Currencies. Lots of talk from “influencers” that are marginal in the banking world… Read More »

Learn #banking, #fintech and #payments jargon: Counterparty risk

By | August 1, 2021

Counterparty risk Definition: Counterparty risk is the risk of one or more parties in a financial transaction defaulting on or otherwise failing to meet their obligations on that trade. Details: Thre are several degrees of risk involved in financial transactions between financial institutions depending on the type of payment rail involved. In critical RTGS systems… Read More »

Learn #banking, #fintech and #payments jargon: Credit Limit Check

By | July 23, 2021

Credit Limit Check Definition: The process of verification if an account may be debited or credited in a settlement system. Details: If the amount to be debited in the payment message is equal or less than the balance on the sender’s correspondent account than the credit check limit passes. If the amount to be credited… Read More »

Learn #banking, #fintech and #payments jargon: Bulk Payment Instruction

By | July 23, 2021

Bulk Payment Instruction Definition: A set of payment orders delivered together for processing which may be destined for several receivers. Details: Bulk payment instructions are payment instructions delivered to the clearing and settlements system as bulk files and are processed together ordered after some criteria containing at least the same sender and receiver. Note that… Read More »